It was less than 5 minutes work, most of which was waiting for AWS to slurp my data and throw it over the network.
Installation et configuration de #tarsnap sous #amd64 #arm64 (#raspberrypi) et le reste :
https://www.deuza.net/post/815550281991553024/installation-et-configuration-de-tarsnap-sous
Installer et configurer #tarsnap pour #amd64, #arm64 (#raspberrypi) et le reste :
https://www.deuza.net/post/815550281991553024/installation-et-configuration-de-tarsnap-sous
Did you know that on Unix or Linux, if you
* issue `$ rm -r *` when accidentally in the wrong directory
* stop it quickly enough with CTRL-C
You can clearly see your own data destruction occurred in alphabetical order.
*Thank you for coming to my TED talk.*
(#Tarsnap - online backups for the truly paranoid.)
@trezzer #Tarsnap is end-to-end encrypted, using Amazon storage buckets on the backend, and reasonably priced. https://www.tarsnap.com
I also like rclone, which was mentioned.
Touring alternatives to Sourcehut for my personal repos. Partly because I hate git, partly because I know I’m abusing the binary files and repo size rules there.
#Diversion works well… but it’s totally closed and only offers a cloud tier for indie license. Not sure about what would happen in the event they’re acquired or fold. Does the indie license entitle me to any backup of my data/property??
#Perforce, the devil I know and easily self-hosted. But… closed. That hasn’t bothered me in the past and I feel that the company is possibly more viable (I’m less worried about losing stuff).
#ArkVCS, very reasonable licensing, also closed. But ultimately a hobby thing. I’m wary about hitching my wagon to it still.
#subversion, my old faithful. Tried and true. Easy to self host and free and open.
In all self-hosting cases I’m going to just run a small machine at home with tailscale to avoid dealing with internet bullshit. Backups are key then. I’m considering #tarsnap. Any others?
I have been aware of tarsnap for a long time, but only recently did I actually get around to using it for anything, as a result of my big personal digital resiliency audit for 2025. For those of you not in the know, tarsnap is “online backups for the truly paranoid”, and tarsnap the command-line program is the client-side tool you invoke to actually zip up and push your archives into the vault. Its creator, Dr. Colin Percival, is a really smart and interesting dude for a whole bunch of reasons. I’m led to believe the whole business is basically a two-man show between him and his brother these days.